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Being powerful and in charge doesn’t mean being an asshole. It means being respected and taking care of the people who aren’t as strong and powerful as you. It doesn’t mean being a bully or scaring people into doing what you want.”
“Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.”
― The Angel's Game
― The Angel's Game
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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“I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.”
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“Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.”
― The Name of This Book Is Secret
― The Name of This Book Is Secret
“Nevertheless, every Nazi has Jewish ancestors. Every white supremacist has Middle Eastern ancestors. Every racist has African, Indian, Chinese, Native American, aboriginal Australian ancestors, as well as everyone else, and not just in the sense that humankind is an African species in deep prehistory, but at a minimum from classical times, and probably much more recently. Racial purity is a pure fantasy. For humans, there are no purebloods, only mongrels enriched by the blood of multitudes.”
― How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality
― How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality
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